"Samba de uma Nota Só", known in English as "One Note Samba", is a bossa nova and jazz standard song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim with Portuguese lyrics by Newton Mendonça.
It was first recorded by João Gilberto in 1960 for his album O Amor, o Sorriso e a Flor.
[citation needed] The song title refers to the main melody line, which at first consists of a long series of notes of a single tone (typically D, as played in the key of G) played over a descending chord progression in a bossa nova rhythm.
[2] Another well-known release is the Sergio Mendes-Brasil '66 version, in medley with "Spanish Flea".
[citation needed] The song was featured in a prominent scene of "A Man Without a Skin", a 1963 episode of Naked City.